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Interview: Kate Winslet

 

"The Holiday"

Posted:   Tuesday, November 28th 2006 12:43AM

Author:   Paul Fischer

Location: Los Angeles, CA

It has been quite the busy year for Kate Winslet, from an animated rat

in Flushed Away to a mother dealing with her inner demons and fidelity

in the acclaimed Little Children. Now, despite her ten year plus

career, Winslet shows off her more comedically romantic side opposite

Jack Black, Cameron Diaz and Jude Law in The Holiday. Presumably tired

of doing a plethora of interviews for her recent films, it seemed that

Winslet was not in a holiday mood arriving to do interviews for this

one.

 

 

Beautifully attired in a simple black pants suit,

she was coolly responsive but appropriately professional. Winslet

conceded, matter-of-factly, that making The Holiday only brought out

her romantic side as a viewer. "The experience of making it is very

difficult to get any kind of overview on what the film is actually

going to be like," explained the 30-year old actress. "I mean it was

wonderful working with Jack, with these little romantic moments between

us having been incredibly sweet, enjoyable and also nice for me."

 

 

 

Surprisingly, as the actress further adds, romantic comedy is a whole

new cinematic world for the star of over 2 dozen films. "I'd never made

a film like this before, really embraced it and enjoyed every moment of

working with Jack and playing this sweet, lovely, charming, grounded

and honest woman."

 

 

 

The actress concedes that stepping into her first romantic comedy was

tougher than she thought. "I mean making films is such a joy but it's

always tough. I certainly didn't go into it thinking, oh this is going

to be so much easier because I haven't got an accent or its comedy, but

I definitely didn't think that because you know it had it's own

specific set of challenges. Yet at the same time it definitely took me

a while to get over my own fear around playing that part and there's

always that level of fear around any character. But I suppose I was

surprised about how nervous I was playing an English woman."

 

 

 

In the Xmas-themed romantic comedy, two women troubled with

guy-problems (Diaz and Winslet) swap homes in each other's countries,

where they each meet a local guy and fall in love. In the latter's

case, she is suffering from unrequited love with a pompous writer,

plays with devilish charm by Rufus Sewell, who happens to be Winslet's

ex-boyfriend. Initially offering a wry "no comment" when asked about

working with Sewell, she then says "it was completely fine. I mean I

hadn't seen him for a very, very long time, but you know we'd remained

friends, so it was really not a big deal."

 

 

 

She had nothing to do, it seems, with casting Sewell as her romantic

antagonist, but the irony is deliciously apparent. "It was purely

coincidence that he was in the film, but I was thrilled by the

suggestion, because he's a wonderful actor and I couldn't think of

anyone more perfect for Jasper," Winslet adds with an almost sly grin.

And Winslet is equally coy when asked if she could relate to this

character. "I think I relate to all the characters, both men and the

women to be honest with you, because the subject of love, is endless,

and it can be the most glorious thing in the world. But at the same

time, it can also be the most shattering thing when you're in a

situation like the one Iris is in when you love someone who doesn't

love you back."

 

 

While The Holiday is the antithesis of much of Winslet's previous

film work, the same cannot be said of Little Children, which is

receiving considerable Oscar buzz, not to mention rave reviews.

Winslet's performance in particular has stood out to critics for her

portrayal of the red-bathing-suited housewife and mother Sarah Pierce,

who feels isolated from the snootier mothers who gather at the local

community park with their kids, from her husband (who's become an

Internet porn addict) and even from her own daughter, all of which

leads to an affair with a neighbouring father and husband.

 

 

 

Winslet says that as far as the rave reviews concerned, she never reads

reviews, so remains "blissfully unaware so it's just a part of how I go

about life." Yet she is far more aware of the Oscar buzz surrounding

her performance and says she takes it seriously. "I'm an actress trying

to do the best job I possibly can and when you get that kind of pat on

the back and acknowledgement from the industry, that's huge, since it's

the biggest awards ceremony in the world. I'm very proud to have been

nominated before and when you really put your heart and soul into

something as I certainly did with Little Children, so of course I take

it seriously, as I'm human after all."

 

 

 

If she is nominated for Little Children, it will be her fifth

nomination, but the actress is philosophical on the subject. "This

isn't something that I feel like I'm aiming for and it's not a goal of

mine, I just feel so incredibly lucky that I've had that

acknowledgement and that experience. It's just something that if you're

really lucky, you get that pat on the back and I've had that pat on the

back which is incredible and it feels amazing. But the truth is, every

time I have been nominated and I've attended the Academy Awards I have

instinctively known that I wasn't going to win and so it's been nice

because I've just been able to go along and really just enjoy the whole

experience."

 

 

While Winslet and Little Children are already receiving those pats

on the back, the same cannot be said for All the King's Men, slammed by

the critics and a commercial failure. Yet for the actress, what happens

after a film is shot has little to do with the experience of making it.

"I honestly I think that I'm always quite relaxed about how films are

received, because to me it's about the work, about the moment, the

making of the film and what that feels like. I genuinely don't know

what All The Kings Men did in the Box Office or how it was reviewed and

I promise you I don't know because I don't look at that information. I

feel as if I did start absorbing that information then I suddenly would

be taken out of myself and I wouldn't just be concentrating on my job

anymore."

 

 

Winslet constantly refers to this profession of hers as a job, getting

the next job, or the first job. Perhaps coming from a family of actors,

presented Winslet with a work ethic. She always knew, instinctively,

that this is what she would do, but fame and Hollywood were the

farthest things from her mind. "There was absolutely in my mind never

any question that this is what I wanted to be, but I never thought I

was going to be in films, because that's not what acting was about in

my family, but about struggle and doing theatre. Even getting an

episode of a TV series was a big job, and something that we would all

celebrate. So the fact that I have ended up being in movies is

something that I'm constantly amazed by and constantly questioning,

because it wasn't something that I really knew anything about when I

was a child."

 

 

So Winslet is genuinely surprised that she has become so successful.

"And I'm also genuinely grateful and really appreciative that I get to

do the thing I love to do and play so many different parts. That's the

tremendous privilege that it's such a challenge and remains entirely

inspiring to me because of the different characters that I've been

allowed to play, certainly in the last four or five years since Eternal

Sunshine of the Spotless Mind it kind of really opened up a whole other

doorway of opportunity and I still feel that I'm experiencing the

benefits of that film in particular because I think people saw me in a

more contemporary light to put it completely plainly." Asked if there

is a character she yearns to play, Winslet offers a slight smile. "Yeah

I mean there are, definitely, but I don't want to tell you, because

acting is about mystery as well."

 

 

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"aparições mais ou menos em alguns filmes"

 

Como assim?07

 

 

"sem comprometer a trama"

 

É unica e exclusivamente por causa dela que filmes detestáveis como O Amor não tira Férias vale dar uma olhada. Imagina em filmes bons.

 

 

 

"hilário dizer que ela é bonita"

 

Eu a acho belíssima e, atualmente, anda batendo um bolão. E não vejo graça nenhuma nisso.

 

 

"uma mulher perfeita, bela e talentosa como Gillian Anderson"

 

No dia que Gillian Anderson desatar a sandália do pé de Kate Winslet, eu vou começar a gostar dela.
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O Amor Não Tira Férias: 9/10  (The Holiday; 2006; Dir Nancy Meyers )

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Devido a algumas críticas negativas, estava meio com o pé atrás com este filme, mas como a minha opinião é o que importa, fui ver e adorei.

“Você não é a melhor amiga da atriz principal, você é a atriz principal” foi que disse o amigo velhinho pra Íris (Kate Winslet) em um determinado momento do filme, e é o que vemos. Apesar de Winslet não ter direito ao galã da história, apesar da Kate não protagonizar as ceninhas de amor do filme, ela é a personagem com as maiores referencias, com profundidade com relação aos sentimentos de uma mulher. Pena não poder dizer o mesmo de Cameron Diaz e sua Amanda, aliás, a Diaz não sabe fazer outro tipo de personagem? Só a lindona e atrapalhada neurótica de sempre??

Enfim, “O Amor Não Tira Férias” foi uma boa surpresa, pois a história além de engraçada é bem cativante e simpática, valeu a sessão!!  E a cena da locadora com a participação mega especial do Dustin Hoffman foi SENSACIONAL!!!
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A Kate saiu sem nada. Ela não tem sorte mesmo. Coleciona atuações excelentes' date=' mas na hora h sempre aparece uma atriz que ganha mais atenção e leva os prêmios... Fazer o quê?[/quote']

 

Dá até raiva né? todo vez é isso! hehehe

Mas nesse caso os meritos são todos da Helen Mirren. Das indicadas a melhor atriz por drama eu só vi The Queen com Mirren, Little Children com a Kate e Volver com a Penélope Cruz, não cheguei a ver Notes On A Scandal com a Judi Dench nem Sherrybaby com a Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Bom, dos que eu vi nem Kate nem Penélope chegaram aos pés de Helen Mirren, que fez uma atuação impecavel! Não vi o trabalho da Judi Dench em Notes On A Scandal nem o trabalho da Maggie mas acho que não chegam perto da interpretação de Helen Mirren que foi perfeita, creio que o oscar ja seja dela.

lizzybennet2007-01-18 04:46:43

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É uma maneira bem "carinhosa" de chamar a atriz. Quando a Kate ficar "véia"' date=' vão chamar ela assim também?1706

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Sim, a véia do Titanic.06

 

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Bem, são 3 "véia" que a Kate tem que enfrentar e uma "nova".

 

 

Terça' date=' 23 de janeiro de 2007, 11h40 relogio_noticias.gif Atualizada às 11h41
Veteranas Helen Mirren e Meryl Streep disputam Oscar de atriz

 

As veteranas Helen Mirren e Meryl Streep são fortes concorrentes ao prêmio de melhor atriz no Oscar 2007. A lista de indicados foi anunciada na manhã desta terça-feira em Los Angeles.

Helen Mirren foi indicada por seu desempenho como Elizabeth II em A Rainha. Já Meryl Streep concorre ao prêmio pela interpretação da maquiavélica Miranda na comédia O Diabo Veste Prada.

Completam a lista das cinco indicadas ao Oscar de melhor atriz: Kate Winslet por Pecados Íntimos, Judi Dench por Notas Sobre um Escândalo e a espanhola Penélope Cruz por Volver.

Reese Witherspoon levou o prêmio em 2006 pelo filme Johnny e June. A 79ª edição do Oscar acontece no dia 25 de fevereiro em Los Angeles.

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Jailcante2007-01-23 12:03:31
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Assisti ao Globo de Ouro na segunda-feira e achei que a Kate estava belíssima.

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Ela está SEMPRE linda !

Em todas as premiações que eu vi ela estava linda =)

Tem uma premiere de "em busca da Terra do Nunca" que ela se superou =]

 

E espero realmente que ela ganhe o Oscar...

Mas assim como o Johnny (Depp, rsrs), ela só é indicada... 12
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